antigenic variation

processes involved in the biological strategy of changing antigenic determinants on the surface that are exposed to another organism's immune system
Intangible biological_process Q4774739
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antigenic variation

Summary

antigenic variation is a biological process[1]. It draws 13 Wikipedia views per month (biological_process category, ranking #241 of 442).[2]

Key Facts

  • antigenic variation's instance of is recorded as biological process[3].
  • antigenic variation's subclass of is recorded as evasion of host immune response[4].
  • antigenic variation's Commons category is recorded as Antigenic variation[5].
  • antigenic variation's MeSH descriptor ID is recorded as D000940[6].
  • antigenic variation's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0fg9wz[7].
  • antigenic variation's MeSH tree code is recorded as G05.365.073[8].
  • antigenic variation's MeSH tree code is recorded as G12.500.249[9].
  • antigenic variation's Gene Ontology ID is recorded as GO:0020033[10].
  • antigenic variation's facet of is recorded as antigen[11].
  • antigenic variation's exact match is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0020033[12].
  • antigenic variation's UMLS CUI is recorded as C1753302[13].
  • antigenic variation's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as antigenic-variation[14].
  • antigenic variation's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 191942190[15].
  • antigenic variation's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2910202883[16].
  • antigenic variation's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C191942190[17].
  • antigenic variation's ScienceDirect topic ID is recorded as agricultural-and-biological-sciences/antigenic-variation[18].
  • antigenic variation's WikiProjectMed ID is recorded as Antigenic variation[19].

Why It Matters

antigenic variation draws 13 Wikipedia views per month (biological_process category, ranking #241 of 442).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . Gene Ontology release 2019-10-07. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Gene Ontology release 2019-10-07. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Gene Ontology release 2019-10-07. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Gene Ontology release 2019-10-07. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . UMLS 2023. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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